Platycnemididae facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Platycnemididae |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Suborder: | Zygoptera |
| Family: | Platycnemididae Jacobson and Bianchi, 1905 |
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The Platycnemididae are a family of damselflies. They are known commonly as white-legged damselflies. There are over 400 species native to the Old World. The family is divided into several subfamilies.
Genera
There are about 50 genera of Platycnemididae.
Genera include:
- Allocnemis Selys, 1863
- Arabicnemis Waterston, 1984
- Arabineura Schneider & Dumont, 1995
- Archboldargia Lieftinck, 1949
- Arrhenocnemis Lieftinck, 1933
- Asthenocnemis Lieftinck, 1949
- Caconeura Kirby, 1890
- Calicnemia Strand, 1928
- Ciliagrion Sjöstedt, 1917
- Coeliccia Kirby, 1890
- Copera Kirby, 1890
- Cyanocnemis Lieftinck, 1949
- Denticnemis Bartenev, 1956
- Disparoneura Selys, 1860
- Elattoneura Cowley, 1935
- Esme Fraser, 1922
- Hylaeargia Lieftinck, 1949
- Idiocnemis Selys, 1878
- Igneocnemis Hämäläinen, 1991
- Indocnemis Laidlaw, 1917
- Lieftinckia Kimmins, 1957
- Lochmaeocnemis Lieftinck, 1949
- Macrocnemis Theischinger, Gassmann & Richards, 2015
- Matticnemis Dijkstra, 2013
- Melanoneura Fraser, 1922
- Mesocnemis Karsch, 1891
- Metacnemis Hagen, 1863
- Nososticta Hagen, 1860
- Onychargia Selys, 1865
- Oreocnemis Pinhey, 1971
- Palaiargia Förster, 1903
- Papuargia Lieftinck, 1938
- Paracnemis Martin, 1902
- Paramecocnemis Lieftinck, 1932
- Phylloneura Fraser, 1922
- Platycnemididae Strand, 1928
- Platycnemis Burmeister, 1839
- Prodasineura Cowley, 1934
- Proplatycnemis Kennedy, 1920
- Pseudocopera Fraser, 1922
- Rhyacocnemis Lieftinck, 1956
- Risiocnemis Cowley, 1934
- Salomocnemis Lieftinck, 1987
- Spesbona Dijkstra, 2013
- Stenocnemis Karsch, 1899
- Thaumatagrion Lieftinck, 1932
- Torrenticnemis Lieftinck, 1949
- † Cretadisparoneura Huang et al., 2015 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
- † Palaeodisparoneura Poinar, Bechly & Buckley, 2010 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
- † Yijenplatycnemis Zheng et al., 2017 Burmese amber, Myanmar, Cenomanian
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